nightlife and entertainment industry and i'm already working on a number of already i think very exciting projects with the entertainment commission to expand business awareness of available performance as well as the limited live performance permit as well as some other measures to garner feedback from the stray -- industry about that their concerns and challenges and develop some new policy strategies based on that feedback, so thank you. >> welcome aboard. >> thank you. >> sorry, so that concludes my report. ron is here as you know, and he submitted a written report, this is his first time presenting in front of you i think, so be kind. [laughter]. >> good afternoon, commissioners, it's been a long time since we've last actually communicated here, so there has been a lot of reporting but

just for the sake of keeping this brief, i've wrote down a couple of key highlights in these areas, again, the general overview is that before we broke for summertime, there was a definite lack of attendants in the night clubs and during the timeframe we were out, especially in the last three weeks, there has been a reas youer -- reas youer gents in the nightclubs and that has produced amazing results, specifically in the mission districts that i have observed. with that, i think you've got my notes so i'm open to any comments. >> commissioners, any questions for any of the staff?

i had one question. i mean, i guess when you're saying a dramatic increase in activity, is it that -- what does that mean, is that there's more street life, the venues are more full, i'm not seeing as many incidents on this list as we have in the past, so to me, that's great, if a lot more is happening and fewer instances are being reported. >> without giving any bias or any direction, i'm saying there are more people attending the nightclubs and in general, any time that you do a resurgence of anybody, you're going to have some growing pains so we're experiencing that in the city right now. i kept this list short intentionally, i didn't want to sum up the whole month because there was a lot of stuff and it would make it look like things were just a little bit out of control and i don't think that that would be appropriate.

>> okay. any other thoughts, comments? no? alright. thank you very much, staff. we're going to move on to -- oh, public comment on -- >> and then the police department. >> i'm getting there. any public comment on the staff report and the director's report? none, okay, seeing none, let's move on to the police department comments and questions, so i see officer methias here. >> good evening, commissioners and staff, steve methias in central station, a lot of the incidents that have happened, i haven't been in front of the commission for about a month or a month and a half, so some of these things are a little bit stale, but they still wanted you to be aware of them, probably the major incident that happened over the last weekend, there was a shooting

at the ruby sky, it was at 3:20 in the morning, ruby sky is located on mason street, the security guard was struck in the leg by an unknown gunman, they're continuing their investigation. july 20th, a man was attacked outside or at the ruby sky as well, he bumped into a female patron, the female began strafing at his face and some other suspects jumped in as well, as far as other incidents in the district, a patron was [inaudible] on monroe, it has a new approach, they're doing things at nighttime, the patron was ejected from monroe from getting into fight, once outside, he started to pick

filets outside as well, -- filets outside as well, the suspect assaulted the police as well, more officers responded, took him into customer, he was taken to sfgh for a treatment for a cut, he was able to kick a nurse in her face breaking her nose and looking at this, i don't see anything that the club did wrong with the situation. here we're dealing with an entertainment industry, it runs in a very wide variety of people, any time we have something like this, we try to look to see if, is there anything we could have done differently, i asked, are your staff leads trained and that's like an education as far as alcohol as well as drugs, it seems like clearly this person was on more than just alcohol and he said he would look into that, whether that would have

changed the assault in behavior, i don't think so, i don't fault monroe for any of this, it was an unfortunate incident. on july 21, there was numerous fights, assaults and resisting arrests @ mos fear, this was a real spike that we saw, in one night, we saw three different separate reports, with look to see, that's not an occurrence that we get there every week at, atmosphere, i got together with jocelyn kane and ron edwards and bennett came down, we went over what was going on over there and he hashed out what he thought was the problem, bennett came over with somebody from monroe to central station, we discussed certain issues in terms of keeping a

dialog, if there's a special event, how we can notify central station. if he leaves a message on my voice mail but i'm not there on a friday, it doesn't go anywhere so now there's an e-mail notification to myself, my captain, the lieutenants that work as well as the sergeants that work the midnight shift so we won't have anything falling through the cracks, also how to deal with the party buses and what we want, if they're going to be up there, they're sanctioned by the clubs and we have some order and a protocol so we're working on that as well, it seems to be working pretty well. there are two assaults at the cellar, this is on july 29 at 12:20 a.m., the victim was punched but an unknown suspect, she could not say why she was punched, people there said she was causing problems all night,

when you look at the totality of what's going on, it shed some light on it, the other incident called on august 4, the security at the cellar determined that a group was too intoxicated to enter, they said you're not coming in, they argued and once they found out they weren't getting in, one of the suspects sucker punched the security, they went down to the ground, they were fighting and the suspect tried to gouge the victim's eye out, the victim was able to break free from the suspect and the suspects fled the scene, so that's a situation where the secure, they're doing exactly what they're supposed to be doing, if he's drunk and causing a problem outside, who knows what would have happened inside, they were doing what they were supposed to be doing. >> i want you the keep me on the loop with party buses and

if there are meetings, i would love to attend. >> okay, very good. >> thank you very much. any comments from the commissioners? seeing none, any public comment on the police report? seeing none, we'll move on. the next item is item number 7, which is review and possible action to review and change the conditions on the limited live performance permit, i believe there's a request for continuance. do you want to say anything? >> yes, the proprietor has asked for a continuance to do outreach to his neighbors so we will see him back here on august 20th. >> do we need to do a motion and vote? >> yeah, you have to do a motion to continue it. >> i move to continue. >> is there a second? >> i'll second it. >> okay, we'll vote on that, motion to continue, commissioner camp knoll ly? >> aye. >> commissioner lee? >> aye. >> commissioner hyde? >> aye.

>> commissioner tan? >> aye. >> thank you. >> the motion passes and it is continued, so the next item is item 8, discussion and possible action to implement neighborhood outreach policy for permit applicants, and i believe commissioner hyde will have the floor on this. >> so, i don't really think that there's enough commissioners to have discussion, but i would like to ask the owners of the sf eagle to come up and talk a little bit and maybe answer some questions about the neighborhood outreach since they did it for about a year, and i would like to thank them for coming in after lazy bear weekend to -- hi. >> hello, good evening, commissioners. >> hello. >> so, i was just wondering if you could just kind of tell me what kind of neighborhood outreach you did since it was fairly extensive and i was wondering if you could tell us the -- not me, us, the benefits of what that neighborhood

outreach ended up being for you. and if you could give us sort of how -- like, how much of soma you incorporated in your outreach. >> so, can you introduce yourselves. >> can you hear me? >> i was saying can you introduce yourself. >> mike leone, co-owner of the sf eagle. the amount of community outreach we did encompassed not only the gay community but also the community at large, specifically around the sf eagle, we met also with other clubs, we had other community leaders from other groups and non-profit organizations meet with us at a round table meeting at the [inaudible] club. it was pretty encompassing and we got a lot of interesting feedback, what the community wanted from us and what they were expecting. one of the really important

meetings was with james kim at one of her neighborhood meetings at don ramon's mexican restaurant and that was very important because that's where we met our direct neighbors at that meeting and it was a great response from them in terms of us reaching out to them. >> so, what i think basically the community outreach entails here is just make the community part of your endeavor and invite them to have an environment where it's safe, fun and they feel part of it and not excluded for anything, however the history of the bar or in our case, originally it was a gay bar, we encountered our neighbors who were welcoming us and getting that space filled out because we got rid of a lot of things that were going around the neighborhood which were a lot of drugs around the eagle when

it was closed and everybody really liked it and supported it so the outreach that we did really benefited and invited all the communities to share the same space without any boundaries of gender identifications and social status. >> and the neighborhood organizations you went to several, they were in more than like say a four block radius often, is that correct? >> that is correct. the largest, i think the farthest one extends on to 6th street i think it was. >> and i was wondering if there was any difference between what -- the feedback you got from community groups as opposed to the not for profit that is you talked to. >> can you please repeat. . ing so, like you said you went to a group to not for profits and you talked to them but i know you went to the jim mikos

organizations and went and talked to them, so was there a difference between the two, did you get certain information from one that you didn't get from the other? >> one was more interested in what we could do to better our surrounding neighborhood, and that was the more neighborhoods where the non-profit was more interested in what we could do to help them out and what we were going to continue, with what support, they were very diverse in terms of what they were looking for. >> and for the not for profits, did you get a better understanding about the neighborhood at all or like sort of the neighborhood fabric as opposed to like a neighborhood group that is concerned with -- >> we got a better understanding of the neighborhood fabric through that meeting but it was more geared towards what they needed to see from us. >> okay. great. i really appreciate you guys coming in too. >> i appreciate it. >> it was our pleasure. >> with that, i would like the continue the actual discussion

since we are down the other neighborhood rep and one-third of our ad hoc committee. >> alright, so is that a motion? >> i would like to move to continue. >> okay. is there a second? >> second. >> is there any discussion? was i supposed to take public comment before the motion? any public comment? alright. let's take a vote. >> alright, to continue the discussion on neighborhood outreach, commissioner camp knoll ly. >> aye. >> commissioner lee? >> aye. >> commissioner hyde? >> aye. >> commissioner tan? >> aye. >> alright, so we are down to our last two agenda items. item number 9 is commissioner comments and questions. any commissioner comments and questions? commissioner lee? >> i just want to say that the noemachi street sale went well, they had a great weekend,

although they were passing the little bucket around because all the fees that go into a street fair and there was a great thing, they got as many sponsors as they could, this is a really grass root organization trying to scrape up money where they can just to have a fair, and with the boston -- and i understand that with the boston bombings, they're required to have an ambulance full time on staff and you have to pay for that and it's important because we all promote public safety but it is a burden financially, so i'm hoping that things could be worked out on these street fairs because pretty soon, we're going to have to start charging an entry fee just to have a fun street fair, so other than that, that's all i have to say. >> great. commissioner hyde? >> yeah, i just wanted to say that we went to a meeting at 10:15 folsom to discuss with

neighbors and the club ways that they were integrating themselves into better addressing sound issues and i would just like to say that i was really impressed by 1015's commitment to not only follow up with what they're doing, but they've gone over and above and really are taking the neighbor's concerns to heart and it was a really great meeting and we're going to have another one in like a month and a half and we're hoping that the [inaudible] will come to that one and mike and alex that you just met, there was a meeting with our new mayor's office representative about a street fair for halloween, so they are working on plans to have a small street fair on 12th street to -- and more information will be coming that

way and part of that will be a benefit for children and a day for children, so something for tenderloin families to attend as well, more like around the 6th street area. >> great. any other comments, commissioner camp knoll? , no? let's move on to item 10, new business requests for future agenda items, any? no? alright. great. well, with that, that adjourns our meeting, our august 8th meeting of the entertainment commission. thank you. (meeting is adjourned).

(music) >> herb theatre,open rehearsal. listen to the rehearsal. i think it is fun for them, they see our work process, our discussions, the decisions we make. it is good for us. we kind of behavior little bit when we have people in the audience. msk (music) >> we are rehearsing for our most expensive tour; plus two concerts here. we are proud that the growth of the orchestra, and how it is expanded and it is

being accepted. my ambition when i came on as music director here -- it was evident we needed absolutely excellent work. also evident to me that i thought everyone should know that. this was my purpose. and after we opened, which was a spectacular opening concert about five weeks after that the economy completely crashed. my plan -- and i'm absolutely dogmatic about my plans --were delayed slightly. i would say that in this very difficult timefor the arts and everyone, especially the arts, it's phenomenal how new century has grown

where many unfortunate organizations have stopped. during this period we got ourselves on national radio presence; we started touring, releasing cds, a dvd. we continue to tour. reputation grows and grows and grows and it has never stopped going forward. msk(music) >> the bay area knows the orchestra. you maybe take things for granted a little bit. that is simply not the case will go on the road. the audiences go crazy. they don't see vitality like this on stage. we are capable of conveying joy when we play. msk(music) >> any performance that we do, that a program,

that will be something on the program that you haven't heard before. string orchestra repertoire is pretty small. i used to be boxed into small repertoire. i kept constantly looking for new repertoire and commissioning new arrangements. if you look at the first of the program you have very early, young vibrant mendelson; fabulous opener and then you have this fabulous concerto written for us in the orchestra. is our gift. msk(music) >> and then you have strauss, extraordinary piece. the most challenging of all. string orchestra work.

23 solo instrument, no violin section, now viola section; everybody is responsible for their part in this piece. the challenge is something that i felt not only that we could do , absolutely could do, but i wanted to show off. i can't tell you how aware i am of the audience. not only what i hear but their vibes, so strong. i have been doing this for a long time. i kind of make them feel what i want them to feel. there is nobody in that audience or anywhere that is not going to know that particular song by the fourth note.

and that is our encore on tour. by the way. i am proud to play it, we are from san francisco. we are going to play that piece no matter where we are. ♪ >> our concern is they are going to be here for a couple of days and everybody is going to have a great time. and we have three days of them and 362 days of everybody else using the park. ♪

♪ >> this is the fifth year of our partnership with another planet entertainment, where another planet puts on probably the greatest music festival in america for three days here in golden gate park. >> we work with them a lot to prevent and not have any problems. and what we have done with them is have roads built and have pieces under whatever equipment is parked. they do all of that. and then when it gets removed, they have very little damage. >> for me as a gardener and having to stay here and work

after they leave, i am more than happy when i see their greening team come through and green everything up. >> we have given them pieces that they can use, and pieces that they can't use. so we are allowing them, again, because we have irrigation in the ground so they can use, and if they put up a tent they can stake a tent in some places, they can't stake a tent in other places. so we are protecting the golden gate park asset. >> so what is really special about the partnership is not just the incredible music, that about 70,000 of our closest friends are listening to right now, but for the respect that everybody has for this park and the work that we do with the outside land music promoters to make sure that in a few short weeks, what you see out here will again be a beautiful, green, field filled with children playing soccer. >> everything pops back up, we are getting better and better as the years go by. bringing it back real quick, that is what we do. we bring the grass back and make sure that the plants are

not destroyed. >> we work year round to plan for this event to make sure that all of the waste is picked up. 77 percent of all of the waste is diverted or recycling or composted. >> the gardeners work with another product operation staff to make sure that first and foremost we are protecting the incredible trees, meadows and the incredible open space that is golden gate park. >> making the crowd make a choice of which band have want to see. so we don't have everybody going to one stage like a stampede. that didn't work for the event producers and it didn't work for us. we worked together and found solutions and it is working. >> you see a lot of people out here having a good time. you have no idea, how much work and planning has gone into this to make this sustain able and eco friendly park the greatest park in the united states.

♪ >> san francisco is one of those incredible cities in the world. i would rather be around trees, than like flat land, you know what i am saying? >> the fact that it is separate places it gives a lot of space for the amount of people that is here. i really appreciate that. ♪ >> san francisco, what is not to love? >> a blessing with the space and a blessing being here and everyone else being here on public land and sharing this music and vibration together and we are grateful for the city and the park and rec for making it happen. >> we are keeping it cleaned by picking up, everything that we need help with, we can't do it without your help. >> it is amazing for san francisco and the music scene. this is a job creator and they hire over 3400 people. we bring in 50 to 60 restaurant and winerries. >> it is crazy.

and it never stops. ♪ >> i only came to see stevie wonder. i just got a ticket. i am so excited. we are so blessed out right now. >> it is amazing, i came all the way from israel to meet the people and hang out and she was amazing. >> the environment, the people, everything. it is like everyone has so much energy. >> hey, you are beautiful. and i love you. >> why? because... it is definitely a lot more fun than being inside. >> so far we have had zero problems. it is a long-step process, a lot of thinking and people involved. so we think that we got rid of all of the problems that could happen. they are doing it, and we are doing it and everybody is doing the best that they can. >> it is a wonderful out reach

>> come. >> it is beautiful. ♪ >> please welcome them and we'll learn more about them and their work as what they will deliver to this commission as the eaglev goes. but thank you for joining. please welcome them to this commission. (applause) >> if we can call the roll, monica. thanks. >> this is the meeting of the commission on the environment. today is tuesday, august 6. it is 5: p.m. first item on the agenda roll call. vice president d'arcy? >> here. >> [speaker not understood].